Why 2024 is the year of the goalkeeper in Argentine football: 20 teams desperate for the season’s favorite position

Never before has the market offered so much rotation among the three suits. The position that changes the least among the 11 that will take the field will have in the next one Professional League Cupl of football to various archers defending new colors. This year the value “1” is traded more than ever and many have attracted double interest. 2024 is the year of the goalkeeper in the local market.

There are cases that paint the entire moment. banfield In the same market he sold two of those that came out of his quarry and pocketed more than three million dollars. Facundo Cambeses26 years old, went to Racing for two million clean and Facundo Altamirano – of 27 and who was already on loan – for 1,200,000 of the same currency, to Saint Lawrence. Now him Drill will have a 39 year old goalkeeper, Marcelo Baroveroand a substitute, Facundo Sanguinetti22.

The Southern club has cultivated two Professional League competitors with its goalkeepers and this is also another characteristic of this market: the clubs look to the domestic market. Velez He is still trying to lose the battle with Racing for Cambeses and wants that from Belgrano. In Cordoba, Nahuel Losada It has an exit clause a million dollars: if he Strong If you want it, you have to pay that amount.

In Vélez he ended up saving Lautaro Garzón, an unexpected starter given that he was behind Leonardo Burián and Gastón Gómez. But his youth – he is 20 years old – works against him and the managers went to look for someone with more experience on the market. They even delivered Javier Garcia Already Tommaso MarchioriFrom Atletico Tucumán.

Boca doesn’t need a new one, but a brand new technical director Diego Martinez He has already asked the leaders not to touch the three he works with. Javier Garcia is the substitute for Sergio Romero and the third is Leandro Breyyoung people arrived from The Andesand this will be in the Pre-Olympic.

The newly promoted teams are also in the same situation. Independent Rivadavia de Mendoza -which also means Javier García- would have a verbal agreement Gonzalo Marinelliwith the River juniors and spent time with Huracán and Tigre, among other clubs. Deportivo Riestra also search for Take care of them of the local market: added to Nahuel Manganelli of Gimnasia, the youth team that did not establish itself in El Bosque and was loaned out for free but with the right to buy and look for another one with bearing in the First Division.

The campaign was really good Ramiro Macagno In PlatenseThat Newell’s -owner of his pass- welcomed him with open arms, he is in preseason and will fight for his position Lucas Hoyos.

The entrenchments don’t end: Sebastiano Moiano Comes from Union TO Central Barracksalready inside Studentswho for the first time in years has to worry about the owner of the area after the withdrawal of the art Mariano Andújarthey have another noted name: Matías Mansilla From Central Cordoba from Santiago del Estero.

But Click Since then he is not the only one looking in La Plata Gym I was hoping to be able to count on next season Diego Rodriguez, the one left Godoy Cruz and that’s why he Tombattempted Chila Gomezthe last step to Vélez, whose step belongs to Academy. Bad news for Lobo: El Ruso has just closed with a club from the Federal Capital.

The fact is that everything changes in the whiteness of the transfer market. And in the end the Mendozas were left with Franco Petroli, River’s third goalkeeper who comes from Estudiantes de Río Cuarto.

“Before, the representatives, in general, didn’t want to grab goalkeepers. Just one who was recommended or had a lot of potential, but wasn’t the position they were looking for. Basically because goalkeepers didn’t sell themselves: they ended up free, they went from one place to another and there were few who were sold or went abroad, like Nicolás Navarro (who went from Argentinos to Napoli). The truth is that the number of clubs looking for goalkeepers in this market is surprising,” he admits. Fabio Scandizzorepresentative of the players.

The Draw Martínez effect? A reclamation of position? Scandizzo doesn’t have an answer to the phenomenon, but he knows it transcends borders. “It may be that the goalkeepers here are of an excellent level. They go out and leave empty spaces. But it also happens to me in Asunción (Paraguay), they have already asked me for three goalkeepers,” he says.

In Juniors of Argentina the gap left him Luca Chavez: Last season he went on loan to Huracán and after his contract expired he was supposed to return to La Paternal, but he changed direction and moved to Greek football. Federico Lanzillotta He has recovered from his injury and is preparing to return this pre-season, but coach Pablo Guede wanted someone to compete with him and has just closed Ruso Rodríguez, who arrives from Godoy Cruz.

Inside Balloonwho also tried with Altamirano, he has in his portfolio Hernan Galindez another Argentine who decided to change nationality and played in the 2021 Copa América and was part of the team that Gustavo Alfaro took to the World Cup in Qatar.

This being the case, there will be few clubs that will not make their debut under the three sticks when the Professional League Cup begins. Belgrano will be, if he manages to retain Losada; Boca, with Chiquito Romero in his second season; Defense and Justice, which extended the contract with Enrique Bologna; Independent, with Rodrigo Rey; For the moment Lanús supports Lucas Acosta, as does River with Franco Armani; Rosario Central continues with Jorge Broun and Talleres with Guido Herrera. At least until the booklet is closed.